New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what is shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world, CNN reports. Nanaia Mahuta, who is Maori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand, four years ago also became the country's first female member of parliament to wear a moko kauae, a traditional tattoo on her chin. The country's previous foreign minister, Winston Peters, is also Maori. "I'm privileged to be able to lead the conversation in the foreign space," Mahuta said, according to national broadcaster Radio New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's center-left Labour Party was reelected in a landslide last month, winning 49.1 percent of the vote according to preliminary results.

Source: The Standard November 03, 2020 06:00 UTC